American West 4d National Finals Will be Held in Reno, NV., Oct. 9-15, at the Reno Livestock Center

American West 4d barrel racing association will hold their AW4D Barrel Racing National Finals in Reno, Nv. Barrel racers and their horses will come from all around the US & Hawaii, to compete for $101,500 in cash and prizes.

(PRWEB) August 7, 2005 -- The American West 4d Barrel Racing Association will be holding its 2005 AW4D National Finals in Reno, Nev., on Oct. 9-15.

Hundreds of Barrel Racers from all around the U.S. and Hawaii will come to Reno to compete for $101,500 in cash and prizes. These racers will make multiple runs in two different arenas.

The divisions are set according to the fastest time and split down from that.
The events will kick off on Monday Oct. 10, 2005, with the time-only runs. Time-only runs are available for Monday and Tuesday. These runs are practice runs that can get the horses and riders adjusted to the arena conditions and surroundings. They will have both the indoor and outdoor arenas open for time-only runs.

Barrel racers will race in four races in the Open divisions, Senior, Youth; the Futurity and Maturity riders will compete in two races. They will have a divisional tour final, which is only open to riders of the Women's Professional Rodeo Association.

Grand Entry is at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, in the indoor arena. This is a parade of riders from different states. These riders dress in costumes and some even dress the horses in costumes too. They can have some very interesting get-ups. They will play the national anthem and the show is on.

Following the Grand Entry is the Smooth Run Challenge of Champions. This race is for the Top racers, and is by invitation. You can find Smooth Run supplements at www.thehollisterstore.com. Barrel racers from world champions to young girls compete for $10,000 added cash and awards.

Last year, Tyreney Steinhoff, from Okalahoma, on her great horse Hot Shot" won the Challenge of Champions race. She was the youngest and by far the smallest racers in the race. However, Hot Shot has won multiple World Championships with multiple riders including, NBHA world championships, WPRA world championships and holds multiple arena records, some of these with Tyreney's older sister Tanya Steinhoff. You have not seen anything until you see this little girl run. Hot Shot is an amazing machine and to watch him run is like watching magic happen.

Allie Hamner, another youth rider, from California and her great horse Gus" won last year's youth average and will be a tough team again this year. Allie and Gus are another amazing team to watch. Following the Smooth Run Challenge of Champions is the Year-End Saddle presentation.

Wednesday Oct. 12, 2005, the racing starts at 7 a.m., racers will run in both the indoor arenas and the outdoor arenas simultaneously. This can be interesting to watch, with hundreds of horses and riders all warming up together and rushing from one arena to another. Riders will race in the outdoor and indoor arena, depending on the draw. For those riders with multiple horses, it is a must to have a good ground crew, to help get the horses ready and make sure they are at the correct arena with the correct horse.
The Futurity, which is for the young horses, under 5 years of age, will start the competition with the first of two futurity races, and then the Maturity horses, which are 5 years of age and over will run in the indoor arena. The senior races will be next, followed by the youth division. The open race will start at 7:30 in the outdoor arena. This race has $10,000.00 added money.

Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005 the open race will start at 7 a.m. with the Classic Equine $10,000.00 race indoors. The seniors will run race #2 first, followed by the youth racers with their #2 race.

In the outdoor arena will be the open-racers starting at 7:30 a.m., followed by the 2nd go of the Futurity horses, then the 2nd go of Maturity horses. The seniors' outdoor #1 race will run, then the Youth #1 outdoor race.

The awards presentation for the Futurity, Maturity, Open race #1 & #2, Senior and youth races #1 & #2, will be right after the finish of the youth race.

Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, races start at 7 a.m. with the Open race #4 in the indoor arena, followed by the WPRA Western state divisional tour finals, then seniors, and the Youth. In the outdoor arena, racing starts at 7:30 a.m. with the Open race #5, followed by the seniors, then the youth.

Saturday Oct.15, 2005, the final day of racing, starts off at 7 a.m. in the indoor arena with the Open race #4, seniors then the youth. In the outdoor arena is the senior race #3, then the youth race #3. The finals awards presentation will follow.

If you have seen barrel racing this is the event to watch, if you have never seen barrel racing, this is the event to go see. Fast horses, lots of money and plenty of adrenalin.

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